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Interpreting Tally Chart Data

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Interpreting Tally Chart Data

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📊 Part 1: Reading Tally Charts

WALT: We are learning to interpret tally charts and understand what the data tells us.

Look at this tally chart showing favourite pets in our class:

Favourite Pets
Dogs: |||| ||||
Cats: |||| ||
Fish: |||
Birds: ||||

1. How many students chose dogs as their favourite pet?

8 students

9 students

10 students

2. Which pet was chosen by the MOST students?

Dogs

Cats

Fish

Birds

3. Which pet was chosen by the LEAST students?

Dogs

Cats

Fish

Birds

4. How many students voted in total?

Count all the tallies: _______

✏️ Part 2: Making Statements About Data

Look at this tally chart showing favourite colours:

Favourite Colours
Red: |||| |
Blue: |||| ||||
Green: |||
Yellow: |||| ||

5. Complete these sentences about the data:

The most popular colour is ______________.

The least popular colour is ______________.

_______ more students chose blue than green.

6. Write one thing you notice about this tally chart:
7. If you asked 5 more students, which colour do you think they would choose? Why?

🎨 Part 3: Create Your Own Picture

8. Draw a simple picture graph using the favourite pets data from Part 1. Use one symbol for each student.
9. Circle the statement that BEST describes what you learned from the tally charts:

Tally charts help us count things

Tally charts show us which choice is most popular

Tally charts help us answer questions about our class

All of the above

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